This frog is bright green on its back. A pale white stripe runs from the snout, through the eye and tympanum (tight membrane covering the entrance to the ear), breaking into blotches down the side of the body. A black stripe runs under this white stripe, widening behind the eye and running down the side. The groin and backs of the thighs are yellow-tan to brown-red. The belly is white and granular. The skin on the back is smooth or finely granular. The tympanum is green. The toe and finger pads are large, and the toes are webbed.
40 mm
This frog lives in rainforest gullies and wet sclerophyll forests. It is often found near fast flowing rocky streams under rocks, logs and leaf litter.
A "weeeak kuk kuk" sound.
Males call from September to February, with most of the breeding activity taking place from October to early February on warm nights after rain.
Have been observed in clumps of 360 - 730 eggs. They are often attached to rocks, debris and aquatic plants.
Are dark brown with fine gold flecks. These tadpoles spend most of their time in the shallow water at the sides of streams and pools.
This frog can be distinguished from Litoria phyllochroa by its brown tympanum and the wider dark band on the side of its head.
An estimate of the total number of adults present in the species entire range is 10001-50000 individuals, or size is unknown but suspected to be large. Some factors affecting population size and distribution are known, but 1 or more major factors are unknown.
Population formerly experienced serious declines but is presently stable or increasing.
Nation-wide monitoring, but not with statistical sensitivity.
Majority concentrates at more than 25 locations. (e.g. the number of sites in which individuals group together either seasonally, such as breeding sites, or they may occupy discrete habitat patches within the broader landscape, such as discrete water bodies or drainage units.)
Management mostly related to enforcement of conservation laws.
The average number of eggs deposited per adult female per year is 201-1000 eggs/female/year. Minimum age at which females are known or suspected to first reproduce is 2-3 years.
The size of the geographic area over which the taxon is distributed: 1001-80000 km² (up to 1% area of Australia or about the area of Tasmania).
Area occupied has declined by < 25%. (This is an estimate of change in the portion of the total range that is occupied or utilised; it may not equal the change in total range.)
Distribution is well known and occurrence can be accurately predicted throughout the range.
Demonstration site only. Content taken from Frogs Australia Network website.